Understanding Statistics and Experimental Design : How to Not Lie with Statistics

• Tác giả: Aaron Clarke, Gregory Francis, Michael H Herzog
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN-13: 978-3030034993
• Thông tin xuất bản: Cham Springer Nature 2019
• Mô tả vật lý: 1 electronic resource (142 p.)
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 223045
• Chủ đề: 1. Animal behaviour; 2. Life sciences: general issues; 3. Medical research; 4. Probability & statistics; 5. Psychological methodology; 6. Teaching of a specific subject

Tóm tắt

This open access textbook provides the background needed to correctly use, interpret and understand statistics and statistical data in diverse settings. Part I makes key concepts in statistics readily clear. Parts I and II give an overview of the most common tests (t-test, ANOVA, correlations) and work out their statistical principles. Part III provides insight into meta-statistics (statistics of statistics) and demonstrates why experiments often do not replicate. Finally, the textbook shows how complex statistics can be avoided by using clever experimental design. Both non-scientists and students in Biology, Biomedicine and Engineering will benefit from the book by learning the statistical basis of scientific claims and by discovering ways to evaluate the quality of scientific reports in academic journals and news outlets.